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Sunday, 5 October 2014

Mama Lan - Brixton Village Market

I had a day off so I decided to eat at Brixton Village. ^_^ I again lost some of the pictures so I went back to take a picture of the shop but not of the food...

Mama Lan has become a very popular Northern Chinese restaurant in South London, so obviously I had to try it out. It's had many reviews, mixed reviews and so I thought I had to try it out.

Mama Lan (I lost my other pictures... so this was the day after)

Inside Mama Lan (I sat outside)

I mainly wanted to try out the dumplings as I already tried some really tasty dumplings from My Old Place in Liverpool Street and wanted to compare...

It was difficult to choose but in the end I chose the beef, pork and pak choi plus the fried vegetable dumplings. I also had the apple and jasmine tea cold drink (lost picture of the drink :p). The drink probably needs a little more attention... a little more apple juice or stronger jasmine tea... :(

The dumplings came out... I couldn't see the difference between the pork and beef even when the waitress told me which one was which. They were all piping hot, lots of juice spilling out as I bit into them, but unfortunately both were too salty on the filling side. I don't think I liked these... However I did like the pickle veggies that came with them and I did like the fried vegetable dumplings. These tasted crispy, sweet with the carrot filling and I could taste the spring onions. These dumplings went well with the sweet and sour sauce provided.

Dumplings!

Total cost came to £17 (they take cash only). Expensive for all of this plus the drink. Not the best dumplings I've had I'm afraid... :(

My geeky rating: 3.5/5

Good points:

- Nice and local

- Polite service

- Like the fried vegetable dumplings

Bad points:

- Expensive (compared to My Old Place)
- Didn't like the meat dumplings but need to try out the noodles

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Hi! I'm Bao Bao The Geek! I'm a Chinese Londoner (a BBC - Chinese peeps knows what that means) who travels a lot, talks a lot and takes too many pictures! (And according to Miss Pinky I'm an alien from the Argos adverts, and to Mr Bear I'm an absolute geek!). This blog is to share my thoughts and adventures from all my experiences around Planet Earth. Happy reading!